� I agree with the cognitive approach for many things:

� One strength of the cognitive approach is that it has many practical

applications. For example, Baron-Cohen et al's study demonstrated how theory of
mind was a deficit of autism and provided a new test for Theory of mind. The test
could then be used again to help determine if somebody has autism, whilst the
knowledge that people with autism or Asperger's syndrome lack theory of mind can
help us better understand what autism consists of and how to accommodate this into
school or work situations. Studies such as Loftus and Palmer's experiment into
leading questions have also greatly impacted forensic psychology and eyewitness
testimony. Therefore, this is a very useful approach with many contributions to
psychology and society as a whole.
� The cognitive approach heavily relies on experiments as its main research
method. For example, Loftus and Palmer used a lab experiment to investigate the
effect of leading questions on memory, Baron-Cohen et al used a quasi-experiment to
investigate theory of mind, and Fisher et al used a field experiment to investigate
the effects of cognitive interviewing techniques training on detectives'
performance in eyewitness interviews. Experiments allow for cause and effect to be
determined (which strengthens the advantage of being having practical
applications), but more importantly allow for high control over confounding
variables. This means that studies taking the cognitive approach are somewhat
scientific and have good internal validity as extraneous variables are controlled.
� It is important to consider the effective part of language learning. As
teachers need to consider students' fear of risk taking and failure. So feelings
are so important. It is so scary for some students to learn a language. Students
need a teacher to help them over come fear.

The effective humanistic approach brought music to a classroom. It brought color,

food and story. It helped teachers acknowledge their students feelings.

All in all, the effective humanistic approach brought much needed attention to the
learner as a human being. No doubt there was a gap in our understanding of how
learners interact with language content, and that there was a significant need to
recognize potential psychological barriers to language learning.

Some of the potential concepts from the affective humanistic approach that are
still useful in today's modern language classroom are: teachers still show general
concern for how students might feel within their classroom, the use of positive
reinforcement, multiple concerts ( repetition in different interesting
ways),dramatization, are really helpful.

As a teacher I use both schools to help my students learn better. I think about
their learning strategies; I use pre-listening and pre-reading activities; and I
analyze their errors and give them feed-back. I also bring color, and fun to the
class; acknowledge students' feeling, use positive reinforcement, multiple concert
and dramatization.

In my classes I face hazards, but the end of term results show that I am on the
right path.